Biography

About me 

Education

• PhD in Physics (September 1999 – October 2002)
  Free University Berlin, Germany
  Thesis title: ‘Structure, Morphology and Dynamics of Quasicrystal Surfaces’
• Postgraduate Diploma in Condensed Matter Physics (October 1998 – September 1999)
  International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy
  Dissertation title: ‘Angle-resolved Photoemission of the Clean InSb(100) Surface’
• Master Course in Atomic Physics (October 1997 – September 1998)
  Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan
• M. Sc. in Physics (August 1995 – September 1997)
  Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
  Major: Solid State Physics, Distinction Class, Gold Medal
• B. Sc. (1993 – 1995)
  Tri-Chandra College, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
  Major: Physics & Mathematics, Distinction Class, first position in Tri-Chandra College

Employment Records

• Senior Lecturer (October 2018 – continued)
  Department of Physics, the University of Liverpool
• EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow/Lecturer (March 2007 -September 2018 )
  Department of Physics, the University of Liverpool
• Senior Researcher (Permanent Government Employee) (April 2006 – March 2007)
  National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
• JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow (November 2004 – March 2006)
  National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
  International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy
• JST Postdoctoral Research Fellow (December 2002 – November 2004)
  National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Prizes or Honours

• Youth Inspiration Award 2018 (Youth Parliament Nepal, 2018)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (in recognition of attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education, 2017)
• Nepal Bhushan Medal (the Honorable President of Nepal, 2016)
• GOLD MEDAL for Best MSc in Nepal (Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1998)

Fellowships and Awards

• Visiting Professor, Institut Jean Lamour, the Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France (Tokyo University of Science, 2026)
• Visiting Fellow and Global Lecturer (Tokyo University of Science, 2023)
• JSPS Invitation Fellowship (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan, 2013)
• EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), 2007 – 2012)
• JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2004 – 2006)
• Scholarship for a Diploma from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy (1998-1999)
• Exchange Student Scholarship, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan (1997-1998)
• Chhatra Prasad Mainali GOLD MEDAL for the best M. Sc.,1998, Nepal
• Intelligent Student Scholarship in M. Sc. from Tribhuvan University, Nepal (1995-1997)

Professional Activities

Conference Roles

• Chair, European Workshop on Surface Properties of Intermetallic Compounds, 2023, 2024, 2026 (European Integrated Centre for the Development of New Metallic Alloys and Compounds (ECMetAC), 2023 – 2026)
• Member, IOP Summer School on Nanoscience@Surfaces (2022)
• Chair, ECMetAC Euroschool 2021: Complex Intermetallic Compounds for Applications (Online, 2021)
• Co-organiser, Surface Science Day (Manchester, 2019)
• Co-organiser, Surface Science Day (Birmingham, 2018)
• Chair, Surface Science Day (Liverpool, 2017)
• Chair, First (2018) and Second (2020) NRN Global Knowledge Convention (Kathmandu, Nepal, 2018 – 2020)
• Chair, 13th International Conference on Quasicrystals (Kathmandu, Nepal, 2016)
• Co-organiser, Surface Science Day (University of Central Lancashire, 2015)
• Member, European C-MAC Summer School on Intermetallic Compounds and Energy Applications, Liverpool (Manchester, 2014)
• Member, National Organising Committee, 6th International Conference on Aperiodic Crystals (Liverpool, UK, 2009)

External Administrative or Committee Roles

• Secretary General, The European Integrated Centre for the Development of New Metallic Alloys and Compounds (ECMetAC) (The European Integrated Centre for the Development of New Metallic Alloys and Compounds (ECMetAC), 2025 – present)
• Speaker of Research and Activity Domain of the European Integrated Centre for the Development of New Metallic Alloys and Compounds (ECMetAC) (The European Integrated Centre for the Development of New Metallic Alloys and Compounds (ECMetAC), 2019 – present)
• Committee Member, Thin Film and Surface Group, the Institute of Physics (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2018 – 2023)
• Associate Member of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Peer Review College (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Peer Review College, 2018 – 2022)
• Member, Young Researchers Think Tank, European COST Network (2013 – 2014)
• Committee Member, the Nanoscale Physics and Technology Group (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2008 – 2011)
• Associate Member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Peer Review College (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Peer Review College, 2007 – 2012)
• Secretary (1996) and President (1997) of Student Association of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Internal Administrative or Committee Roles

• Open Days Coordinator (Department, 2022 – present)
• Member, Physics Department Management Team (Department, 2022 – 2025)
• Admissions Director (Department, 2022 – 2024)
• Member, Research and Impact Board (Department, 2019 – 2023)
• Chair of Year 3 Committee (Department, 2017 – 2021)
• Faculty Representative, RENKEI STEERING GROUP (Faculty, 2016 – 2017)
• Member, Postgraduate Studies Committee (Department, 2014 – 2015)
• Deputy Director of Postgraduate Studies (Department, 2007 – 2016)

Organisations I have been associated with

• Head of Skill, Knowledge and Technology Transfer (SKTT) Department, Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) (Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) (2021 – 2023)

Professional Body Memberships

• The Institute of Physics (IOP) (Member, 2007 – present)
• Nepal Physical Society (Life member, 2005 – present)

Publication Reviews
I have served as a reviewer for 18 journals across 11 scientific societies and publishing organisations., Invited (Pre-publication)

Editorships

• IOP Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Guest Editor, 2016 – 2017)
  IOP Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Guest Editor, 2008 – 2009)

Examination Roles

• Tribhuvan University, Molecular interactions of zinc finger protein kaiso with its binding partners (PhD, 2025)
• University of Manchester, Stability-enhanced perovskite thin films and quantum dots for solar energy applications (PhD, 2023)
• University of Liverpool, Spin transport in superconducting and ferromagnetic heterostructures (PhD, 2023)
• University of Birmingham, A STM Study of the self-assembly phenomenon and mechanism of Cobalt-C60 clusters on Au(111) surfaces (PhD, 2023)
• Tribhuvan University, Effect of defects on structure, electronic and magnetic properties of 2D heterostructure material graphene/hexagonal-boron nitride (PhD, 2022)
• University of Liverpool, The role of surfaces, interfaces and oxides in antimony selenide photovoltaics (PhD, 2021)
• University of Liverpool, Electrochemical and structural characterisation of ionic liquids at single crystal electrodes (PhD, 2020)
• University of Warwick, Ferromagnetic MnSb Growth on Graphene (PhD, 2019)
• University of Liverpool, Emerging absorber materials for sustainable photovoltaics (PhD, 2019)
• University of Liverpool, Surface X-ray diffraction studies of electrode/vacuum and electrode/electrolyte interfaces (PhD, 2017)
• University of Liverpool, Wetting and CO oxidation on transition metal and bimetallic surfaces (PhD, 2016)
• University of Liverpool, The stability of single crystal Pt and Pt3Ni surfaces during electrooxidation (PhD, 2014)
• University of Liverpool, Formation of metallic overlayers on quasicrystal surfaces (PhD, 2008)

Invited Talks

Conferences

1. Surface and overlayer structure of quasicrystals, crystals with forbidden symmetries, the International Conference on Frontier of Physics (ICFP)-2022, Nepal Physical Society, Kathmandu (January 2022)
2. Atomic and molecular overlayers on quasicrystal surfaces, ANPA Conference-2020, Association
   of Nepali Physicists in America, USA (July 2020)
3. A molecular overlayer with the Fibonacci square grid structure, 14th International Conference
   on Quasicrystals (ICQ14), Kranjska Gora, Slovenia (May 2019)
4. Quasicrystalline Overlayer with Crystallographic Rotational Symmetry, International Conference on Explorations in Physics, Kathmandu (May 2018)
5. Quasicrystalline thin film of single elements and molecules, Toyota RIKEN, International Workshop 2015 on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems: Open Space between Heavy Fermions and Quasi-crystals, Nagoya, Japan (17-19 November 2015)
6. Templated quasicrystalline ordering of single elements and molecules, 23rd Congress of International Union of Crystallography, Montreal, Canada, (5-12 August 2014)
7. Templated quasicrystalline films of single elements and molecules, Statistical Physics and Low Dimensional Systems, Ponta-Mousson, France (21-23 May 2014)
8. Epitaxial phenomena on quasicrystal surfaces, The 28^th Meeting of the European Crystal­lographic Association, Warwick, UK (25-29 August 2013)
9. From the reciprocal to the real space in surface science, Berlin, Germany (12-14 September 2012)
10. Quasicrystalline thin films of single elements and molecules, The seventh International Conference on Aperiodic Crystals (APERIODIC 2012), Cairns (2-7 September 2012)
11. Thin film growth on surfaces of icosahedral Ag-In-Yb quasicrystal, Statistical Physics and Low Dimensional Systems, Abbaye des Prmontrs, Pont–Mousson, France (29 May  – 1 June 2012)
12. Thin films with exotic structures formed on surfaces of quasicrystals, International Con­ference on Recent Trends in Advanced Materials (ICRAM-2012), Vellore, India (20-22 February 2012)
13. Quasicrystalline thin film of single elements and molecules grown on surfaces of a new quasicrystal, International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology for sus­tainable development (ICAMN2011), Kathmandu, Nepal (21-23 October 2011)
14. Single-Element Quasicrystalline Thin Films Formed on Surfaces of Icosahedral Ag-In-Yb Quasicrystal, The 6th Asian International Workshop on Quasicrystals (AIWQ6), Seoul, Korea (30 May -­2 June 2011)
15. Thin films on quasicrystal surfaces, Annual Convention of Nepal Physical Society, Kath­mandu, Nepal (July 2010)
16. Surfaces of i-Cd-Yb family quasicrystals: structure, electronic properties and epitaxy, The 11th International Conference on Quasicrystals (ICQ11), Sapporo, Japan (June, 2010)
17. Surfaces of Ag-based quasicrystals, International Workshop on Surface of Quasicrystals, Tsukuba, Japan (June 2010)
18. Studies of thin film growth on Tsai type quasicrystals, Surfaces of Complex Metallic Alloys III, Berlin, Germany (April 2009) (plenary)
19. Ag-Based Quasicrystal: Novel Template for Pseudomorphic Films, Frontiers in Complex Metallic Alloys, Zagreb, Croatia (1-4 October 2008)
20. Surface Studies of Ag-based Quasicrystals: Structure and Growth of Atomic Overlayers, 10th International Conference on Quasicrystals, Zurich, Switzerland (6-11 July 2008)
21. Structure and low-energy phonons of quasicrystal surfaces, Japan Physical Society Meeting (March 2004)

Colloquiums and Seminars 

1. Quasicrystals with Crystallographic Rotational Symmetry, Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2018
2. Templated quasicrystals of single elements and molecules: An extended study; Faculty Seminar, UGC–DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore, India, 29th August 2017
3. Quasicrystalline films of Single Elements and Molecules; Central Lancashire (UCLAN), Tsukuba, Preston, 19 October 2015
4. Quasicrystalline films of Single Elements and Molecules, National Institutes for Material Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan, 12 November 2015
5. Templated Quasicrystals of Single Elements and Molecules, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan, 11 November 2015
6. Quasicrystal Surfaces, Nepal Physical Society, Kathmandu, Nepal, 10 January 2015
7. Epitaxial phenomena on quasicrystal surfaces, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan, August 2013
8. Epitaxial phenomena on quasicrystal surfaces, the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, August 2013
9. Epitaxial phenomena on quasicrystal surfaces, Department of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Niijuku, Tokyo, July 2013
10. Surface Physics and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 27 February 2012
11. Quasicrystals: Novel templates for the growth of quasicrystalline thin films of single ele­ments and molecules, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 24 February 2012
12. Quasicrystals: Novel templates for the growth of thin films with exotic and nano-structures, MANA, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan, 19th January 2012
13. Surfaces of Quasicrystals, Amrit Science College, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, October 2011
14. Thin film growth on quasicrystal surfaces, Tokyo University of Science, June 2011
15. Thin Film Growth on Icosahedral i-Ag-In-Yb Quasicrystal Surfaces, Center for Noncrys­talline Materials, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Ko­rea, June 2010
16. Epitaxy on Quasicrystals, The Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory Seminar, University of Birmingham, 28th January 2009
17. Thin film growth on quasicrystal surfaces, Nepal Physical Society, Kathmandu, Nepal, October 2007
18. Pseudomorphic quasicrystalline film: Avenue towards reduced complexity, University of Liverpool, UK, September 2005
19. Single-element pseudomorphic quasicrystalline films CMSS colloquium in Ohio University, USA, June 2005
20. Quasicrystal Surfaces: Structure, Low Energy Phonons and Film Growth, Ames Labora­tory, Iowa, USA, December 2003
21. Quasicrystal Surfaces: Structure, Low Energy Phonons and Film Growth, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, December 2003
22. Quasicrystal Surfaces, Nepal Physical Society, Kathmandu, Nepal, November 2002